Getting read for Halloween

I am getting so tired of reading...I guess since we are finally a little over halfway done with the semester that this should be expected. I am reading As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner this week for American Lit II.


I have never completed a Faulkner novel before, so this will be my first. So far, I guess it's not that bad. It has been an easy read, although my professor warned us about reading stream of consciousness....but I think my brain works in that way that- for me -it is easy to follow. We read another one of his novels in Modern Southern Fiction, but I never finished it. We have to do author presentations for that class and the kid who did Faulkner used the above picture which has turned into an inside joke. For Modern Southern Fiction I have to read all of A Confederacy Of Dunces by tomorrow. I have had all week- so this is entirely my fault.

I made a Halloween playlist today. I wish I had started sooner so I could enjoy it longer, but two weeks isn't that bad. This weekend I am getting together with some friends to go to the Bikes Who Scare haunted house. Then we'll come back to my house for pumpkin carving, Halloween food, and maybe a scary movie or two. It looks like I will spend Halloween night alone. Mike is going to be on the road and Jackson doesn't get off work that night until midnight. My plan then is to go rent this movie:
Note Tim Curry in the background there. On a side note I absolutely love him. I wanted him to be in one of the Harry Potter movies....he would have been perfect...but he hasn't and I don't think there are any new characters introduced in the movies that haven't been made. Alright, side note ended. This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I think it's pretty funny to look at the foreshadowing here with Faruza Balk...she went on to do The Craft.

So, I will watch this movie...and I am going to get a Jack-o-lantern shaped pepperoni pizza from Papa Murphy's and pass out the candies to the trick-or-treaters. I hope I get some. I have never gotten to pass out candy since I moved out of my parent's house. I see kids being dropped off by school buses and such, I'd think they kids would be out and about then. Maybe Jackson will come over when he gets done at work and we can watch something frightful.

Since Mike won't be home on Halloween, I am going to surprise him with a Halloween care package. So far I am going to include a copy of the Halloween playlist, another random mix cd, some candy, and a Halloween card. I would like to think of a couple other small things to include- any help would be appreciated!!!! :)

I finally got some cleaning done. The living room and dining room are finished except for the floors. The belt on my vacuum cleaner broke and I am having a hard time finding the appropriate one to fix it. In just a minute I am going to dust my bedroom and then move on to the bathroom. I always leave the kitchen for last. It really sucks not having a dishwasher.

I am filling out an application to be a substitute teacher for the school system. I am really nervous and I don't want to do it. But, everyone keeps telling me I should, so I guess maybe I am missing something. Mike thinks it would be nice to get some extra money for Christmas presents. My parents think I should get the experience. I just have a problem being authoritative, which I know I need to be in order to run my own classroom someday...I just don't want to learn until I have to.